From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Instead of `risky-local-variable' Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:27:17 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200602010027.k110RHJ14939@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138754170 9169 80.91.229.2 (1 Feb 2006 00:36:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 00:36:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 01 01:36:08 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F45yW-0002mj-8h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:35:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F461X-00035p-QT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:39:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F45wm-0006eB-5T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:34:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F45wi-0006Y2-Qn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:34:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F45wg-0006XO-QR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:34:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F45vC-0007TF-Iw; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:32:30 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k110UoS7008215; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:30:50 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id k110RHJ14939; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:27:17 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-reply-to: (rms@gnu.org) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:30:50 -0600 (CST) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49853 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: I'm considering a more reliable replacement for the `risky-local-variable' mechanism. My idea is that only defcustom'ed variables could be specified in a local variables list, and that the :type together with the specified value would determine whether a variable is safe. What do people think? I personally think that this sounds like a pretty radical change, supposedly "relatively shortly" before a release. Any reason why this can not wait till after the release? Sincerely, Luc.